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360 Panorama of Diamond Mine Ghost Town

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Frank Taylor

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I took a 360 panorama at Kolmannskuppe – the diamond mine ghost town located just a few miles into the desert east of Luderitz, Namibia. The photo was taken at the top of the hill … Continue reading →

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Pictures of Luderitz

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Frank Taylor

Finally processed some of the pictures from Luderitz, Namibia where we stopped for a week to get parts to repair Tahina on our way to St. Helena. Luderitz owes its fame mostly to being the place where some Germans started … Continue reading →

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Good Start to St. Helena

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Frank Taylor

We left Luderitz mid-afternoon on Monday with St. Helena over 1300 nautical miles away. There was a little coastal wind at the start, but it soon died off as predicted. We were waiting for a weather trough to die out … Continue reading →

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Finally Got Our Parts and Ready to Leave

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Frank Taylor

After our main traveller car busted on January 31 as we were headed for St. Helena from Cape Town – just 1.5 days out, so we took two days to divert to Luderitz, Namibia. Broken part shown here. Efforts to … Continue reading →

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Tahina Ends up Diverting to Namibia Unexpectedly

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Frank Taylor

We made it out of Simons Town as planned at 2 AM on Thursday. There were some contrary winds and seas as we went down to Cape Point, and we got an unexpected wave as we made the turn which … Continue reading →

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